Memorial Hospital v. Oakes, Adm'x
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.
Harmon Washington Oakes, Sr., a patient in The Memorial Hospital, Incorporated, of Danville, was being administered oxygen while he was incased in an oxygen tent when he and the tent caught fire. Oakes received third degree bums and he died the next day. Dora H. Oakes, Administratrix, instituted action for damages under the death by wrongful act statute (§ 8-633 et seq. Code 1950) against the hospital on November 5, 1957. A jury verdict of $12,500 was returned. Defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict was overruled and judgment was entered on the verdict. We granted defendant an appeal.
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